SAHC to Present First Community Arts Awards
The Southwest Arts and Humanities Council will honor five local arts contributors at its annual meeting and dinner at El Charro Restaurant in Garden City. Recipients include Phil Buntin for Art Educator of the Year, Skip Mancini for Theatre Arts Award, Bruce Spiller for Music Educator of the Year, Jim Mathews for Artist of the Year, and Jim Wharton for Art Patron of the Year.
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Southwest Arts & Humanities Council
el Charro
N. Campus Drive
SAHC
Garden City
Phil Buntin
Skip Mancini
Bruce Spiller
Jim Mathews
Jim Wharton
GCHS Dance Team Hosts Youth Clinic at Local School
The Garden City High School Dance Team will run a three day Dance Clinic for girls ages 5 to 13 from February 7 to 9 at Alta Brown Elementary Gym. The event runs 4 15 to 6 p m with snacks. A February 10 halftime performance at the GCHS basketball game will cap the clinic. Cost is 25 per child with a free T shirt for early registrants. Contact Mary Adam at 275 5152 for details.
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Garden City High School
Alta Brown
Hudson St
GCHS
Mary Adam
Halstead boy dies after playground accident
A Halstead Middle School fifth-grader died from injuries after tripping and falling onto a pole while playing outside after classes. The name was not released. He was being transported toward Wichita when EMS crews continued to Via Christi Regional Medical Center St. Francis. The superintendent called it an accident and offered prayers to the family.
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Halstead
Wichita
Kansas 96
Sedgwick
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
St. Francis
Tom Bishard
Asian immigrants focus of Brown Bag series in Garden City
The Finney County Historical Society will host a February Brown Bag Lunch Education Series at the Finney County Museum to explore Garden City’s Asian community. The four sessions cover the 1970s and 1980s immigrant wave, ongoing changes, and include oral histories, with KU anthropologist Don Stull providing a final project review. The program is free, noon to 1 pm each Tuesday, with coffee and dessert.
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Finney County Historical Society
Garden City
Finney County Museum
Kansas Humanities Council
Kansas
Mary Regan
S. Fourth St
Garden City Cultural Relations Advisory Board
IBP
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc
Finney County
Ipants
University of Kansas
Don Stull
Regan
Pat Baughman
Beekeeper of the Year: Hopkins Couple in Scott City
Ron and Connie Hopkins converted a beekeeping hobby into a serious venture. They manage ten colonies, harvest honey from clover and alfalfa, and win Beekeeper of the Year from the Kansas Honey Producers Association. They sell within a 60 mile radius.
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Hopkins
Connie
Kansas Honey Producers Association
Scott City
Kansas
D.A
Whitey) Whitehill
Finney County Agriculture Extension
Whitehill
Ron Hopkins
GOP platform to weigh conservative positions in Kansas
Kansas Republicans meet to consider a party platform embracing anti abortion and anti gay marriage stances with school choice and evolution alternatives. Moderates challenge the move as exclusionary while leaders insist it reflects the majority view. The Topeka gathering aligns with ongoing intra party debates over abortion and fiscal policy.
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Topeka
GOP
Tim Shallenburger
Sue Gamble
State Board of Education
Kansas
Steve Abrams
Kathleen Sebelius
Lawmakers cool to off-reservation Kansas gambling plan
AP reports Kansas lawmakers express opposition to expanding gambling via off-reservation casinos for three tribes. Senators Brownback and Rep Tiahrt pledge to block federal approval, citing Indian Gaming Regulatory Act limits and need for strong statewide support. The plan seeks casinos in Wyandotte and Cherokee counties with revenue sharing to fund schools.
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Washington
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Todd Tiahrt
Matt All
Kathleen Sebelius
Sac & Fox Nation
Wyandotte County
Kansas City
Kan
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Cherokee County
Sebelius
Brownback
Tiahrt
Jackie Cottrell
Pat Roberts
Rkan
Roberts
Jim Ryan
R Kan
Jerry Moran
Dennis Moore
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Concordia
Jon Bruning
Tom Osborne
Phill Kline
Osborne
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R-Kan
Republican River
Harlan County
Platte River
Fort Riley
YY Cary Key
Wwe
Rice
R. Hopkins
C. Hopkins
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